President Abraham Lincoln’s hope for America was “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” So how are we doing?
Though an overwhelming majority of Americans opposed it and still do to this day, Lbcare was jammed through congress in the dead of night without anyone in the congress having read the 2,700 pages of gobbledygook that comprised the bill document. The Washington D.C. ruling class was happy to pass the bill so they “could find out was in it.” Lbcare: Government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
Immigration reform centers on making 12 million illegal aliens legal with the stroke of pen in the hope that the government will then secure the border. By a large majority, the American people prefer the border be secured before any amnesty is granted to lawless people who broke into the country. It doesn’t matter to the ruling class. The only thing being considered right now are bills that grant amnesty first with a promise of border security in the future. Immigration reform: Government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
The Second Amendment of the US Constitution lays out in 27 clearly written and understandable words the right of the people to keep and bear arms. The US Constitution lays out in clear and rather simple terms how the Constitution can be amended. The ruling class is now engaged in a debate about extra constitutional gibberish of “common sense gun control.” First and most importantly, the only “gun control” most Americans are interested in and the only gun control permitted by the Second Amendment is the gun control required to hit the target they are aiming at. Next, if the gibberish the ruling class was peddling were as “common sense” as the ruling class claims, it could easily pass the constitutional amendment process.
Why is it then that no one on either side is saying that, without an amendment to the constitution, the congress has no power to infringe on a citizen’s right to keep and bear arms? It is for the exact same reason the congress allows presidents to send young men off to war without a declaration of war – cowardice of the ruling class. “Gun control:” Government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
Why is it that a single unelected federal judge can overturn a referendum voted on by the people of a state or a law passed by their duly elected representatives? Is that government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
How is it that a mayor or president can sign a piece of paper limiting citizens’ right without a vote from the public or their duly elected representatives? Is that government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
Why is that by a more than 2 to1 margin people believe that government spends too much money yet this year we will go another TRILLION dollars into debt? Is that government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
Voter fraud is now so rampant that a woman can vote 6 times in a key swing state with no embarrassment at being caught or fear of being punished. Is that government of the people? By the people? For the people? I don’t think so.
Sadly this exercise could continue to play out over 10,000 or so pages. There is a word for what comes when government ceases to be of, by and for the people. That word is tyranny.
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